School Policy
How should schools handle AI and cheating?
Define allowed AI uses per assignment, require disclosure when it matters, design some work that must be done without AI, and treat detectors as a weak signal — not a verdict. Pair the policy with tools that tutor instead of completing the work.
AI and cheating is a policy problem and a classroom design problem. If every take-home essay can be completed by a chatbot, students will notice. If every assessment still expects original thinking, AI becomes a tutor instead of a shortcut.
Put the line in writing
Say when AI is banned, when it is allowed with disclosure, and when it is encouraged as practice. Teach students how to cite or describe AI help. Align that language with your AI policy and your academic-integrity code so teachers are not improvising.
Design for learning, not only detection
Use process evidence — drafts, in-class writing, oral checks — more than opaque AI detectors. Prefer student AI that hints and explains before it offers a finished answer, with adult visibility into chats. Detectors can flag a conversation; they should not be the only consequence.
See academic integrity for the fuller classroom playbook, and the AI policy guide for how integrity belongs in the written policy.